14-year-old held in stabbing of teen

A 14-year-old city boy was arrested yesterday afternoon after he allegedly knifed an 18-year-old following an argument at 6 Hitchcock Road, police said.

Those involved tried to cover up the alleged assault by saying it was an accident, according to police.

The victim’s knife wound in the hip and groin area was potentially life-threatening, police said. The youth was transported by ambulance to UMass Memorial Medical Center — University Campus.

The 14-year-old was arrested by Officer Brian P. Gerardi of the Operations Division and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, a knife. The weapon was retrieved by investigators.

Police said Officers Gerardi and David Mita were dispatched about 3:45 p.m. for a report concerning two brothers who had been “play fighting” with knives and one had been stabbed in the left leg and chest. A further update said the boys had been using the knives like swords and one had made a thrust that had caught the other in the left leg.

Police said an investigation revealed the teens weren’t brothers and weren’t playing at all. The 17-year-old sister of the 14-year-old had allowed an 18-year-old to visit, but the mother didn’t want the 18-year-old in the house. When the 14-year-old came home, an argument ensued with his sister, and that led to the knife fight between the males, police said.

The 14-year-old was arrested about 4 p.m. Police said the youth would spend the night at the Key Program on Lincoln Street prior to arraignment in Juvenile Court today.